A TOKELAU POEM

 The following poem is about the Tokelau Islands, their history, geography, unique culture and lifestyle.

Presented by Jane Resture

A Tokelau Poem

I think about Tokelau from time to time

Those distant specks in the sea

Unknown by most and loved by a few

Unique and beautiful and free.

 

And when I think of Tokelau

And I do know for sure

That I think about

All those things you had to endure.

 

When the blackbirders came, they took away

All the young men to a land far away

Never to return and forever to yearn

About home and returning one day.

 

A population so pure became unsure

Of who they were or were meant to be

The links with the past broken for all time

Knowing not what was yours and mine.

 

But the people are proud of themselves

And who they are

And Tokelau will always remain

Their shining star.

Poem by Jane Resture

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(E-mail: jane@janeresture.com -- Rev. 13th May 2005)